Test 9 · ★ · Fire at home

Which is the safest thing to do when your house fills with smoke?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: house · What happens: be, do, fill · To what, where: safest thing

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 fills	mark
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 house	nmod:poss
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fills	nsubj
11	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 smoke	case
13	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fills	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the safest thing		tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fill	present	your house		with smoke	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with smoke=Instrument

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Walk upright to see over the smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	upright	upright	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 smoke	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smoke	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					upright property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			the smoke			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Stay still and wait for the smoke to clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wait	cc
4	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 smoke	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smoke	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clear	mark
9	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here	still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here		for the smoke	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clear	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 3

Hold your breath and run through the flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 run	cc
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 flames	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flames	det
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your breath					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
2	run	present	you not said here			the flames			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through flame=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Crawl low under the smoke to the exit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crawl	crawl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Crawl	advmod
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 smoke	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smoke	det
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crawl	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 exit	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exit	det
8	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crawl	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	imperative	you not said here			the smoke		to the exit; low property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to exit=Destination

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